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filibuster in English
- filibuster⇄filibuster, noun, verb.
- filibuster⇄noun filibusterer.
- filibuster⇄noun 1. (U.S.)
a. the act or process of deliberately hindering the passage of a bill in a legislature by long speeches or other means of delay.
Ex. There was a three-hours' filibuster against the Civil Service Clause (E. F. Wyatt).
b. - filibuster⇄v.i. 1. (U.S.) to deliberately hinder the passage of a bill by long speeches or other means of delay.
2. to hinder progress by delaying actions or speeches.
Ex. It figured that he'd stay in there filibustering for Morris's book (Saturday Rev - filibuster⇄v.t. to deliberately hinder the passage of (a bill) by long speeches or other means of delay.
Ex. Many House members are in a churlish mood, having passed last year's bill ... only to see the Senate filibuster it to death (New York Times).